Porn 101 (video by The Adult Performer Advocacy Committee)
 

Here's a new youtube, that was probably shot during AEE/AVN 2014: Porn 101, by The Adult Performer Advocacy Committee

As the video description says:

Awesome! Should be required viewing for all new people considering entering the adult industry. :thumbsup

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It deserves a different thread, but I got great video about name brand performers becoming affiliates, almost as a way of collecting royalties from scenes they've already shot. When I get around to editing or reviewing it, I'll check to see if this APAC is the group Jiz Lee was talking about when she gave voice to that idea in one of the AEE educational sessions. In one of the interviews I did Siri, who always seems very sharp and innovative, also talks about affiliate programs, saying she got a note from a director she shot for, on her affiliate check, that she was the first talent to receive a check from their program.

I think if adult talent gets into using affiliate programs it could breathe more life into some of the webmaster shows, responsiveness/fairness of affiliate program managers, and talent could help speak up and get payouts/hold programs to their agreements better than isolated webmasters can alone. In any case, more voices being heard from all segments of this industry will lead us closer to free and fair trade porn.

I agree it should! :thumbsup

http://cmemes.com/wp-content/uploads...Funny-Face.jpg

Please post the info when you get it. :thumbsup

BTW, I love Jiz Lee. She is a real force in the Bay Area adult scene.

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Im interested in who these people are, who is behind this APAC?

Try contacting Nina Hartley, as she appears to be a defacto spokesperson for the group:



I see that several performers have been tweeting the link. I recommend everyone in the industry to give the video a watch, no matter what their role is in the industry, and if you agree this info needs wide dissemination, then please pass it along.

BTW, if you talk to Nina or someone at APAC-USA, they should either actively try to obtain apacusa.com too (which is currently parked at GoDaddy), or consider a name change with a better domain name.

Honestly, I think APAC hyphenated USA (or hyphenated anything) is a terrible acronym to start with. There are numerous organizations already using that acronym. Additionally, I've noted that people are already calling it simply APAC, which will add to the confusion.

Since it is a new group, I would suggest scrapping the name altogether and come up with something more search engine/type-in friendly. :2 cents:

As for the video itself, the info contained, and the stated goals of the organization, all I can say is great work!!! :thumbsup

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Ive been doing some research on them...The message is generally good np with that but the production and presentation is shit....but more interesting to me is that whoever is funding it is staying hidden.

the domain is on James deens server and IP addy

but I smell the FSC in this, not sure what their goal is with it but if they are involved itll be likely be dirty. JMHO of coirse

full story at
http://www.mikesouth.com

For anyone interested the party behind this org is Karen Tynan, FSC, PASS and APHSS attorney.

Her practice focuses on Osha and workers comp law, representing employers, making this a rather flagrant conflict of interest.

I am ALL FOR a talent organization but not one that is a shill for the FSC and sells out talent.

Sounds like they have a good pitch. It's exactly in line with what we are trying to bring to the industry via www.ModelCentro.com - empowering models to get their own content, and to monetize their fan base by establishing an online brand for themselves.

very nice! it would be wonderful if something was made like this years ago.

actually it was...AIM did it.

good video if you want to scare off new talent

they all look like oxyed out zombies (with about 2 exceptions)

http://cdn2.screenjunkies.com/wp-con...ey-dummies.jpg

Saw this on Mike South's Blog:

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Measure B passed because the adult industry does not understand elections or lobbying, and relies solely on litigation to defeat laws that infringe on First Amendment or similar constitutionally guaranteed rights, that involve contract law, etc.

The Free Speech Coalition's hired help were political consultants from the GOP who did not construct a useful plan to win by garnering 50% +1 of the votes cast on the measure, and framed the issue in a way that did not match the generally "some government is good" liberal Democratic base of Los Angeles county.

Most ballot measures in the county and city previous to Measure B were levies to expand services like public transit and public schools, and those were successful. AHF's framing about protecting a vulnerable & exploited class of people from harm in the work place and capitalists/pornographers better matched the bias, though neither side organized conventional grassroots Get out the vote efforts.

You gotta talk to voters and ask them to vote for you or vote your way. Twitter visibility efforts maybe influence the media and fans and result in retweets, not commitments from people to register to vote and show up committed to your cause to vote on election day. Even better would be finding highly motivated people - fans or performers - to do disciplined voter contact through phone banks and door knocks.

You know, it was an election - actual election related activity would have made more sense than hiring "War on Porn" GOPers as consultants, and studies show billboards and other "visibility" like the semi-billboards are almost useless compared to direct voter contact.

Unless the lawyers deliver a victory on March 3rd, the LA-based porn industry and fans should consider a ballot initiative to repeal Measure B... a ballot measure can't be substantially modified by lawmakers without an equivalent publicvote, though it could be unfunded and unenforced, if more vital programs need scarce resources and there's not enough to go around.

On the Porn 101 video specifically:

My casual survey found the most common response to the video on blogs is really "Stoya doesn't look that good" or "Stoya needs to shower".

She did seem pretty confused, alone and useless at AVN/AEExpo based on my brief encounter with her. It looks like the video was shot the day I ran into her or she was still wearing the same outfit.

Digital Playground said nothing at all about Stoya or Stoya's official site when I asked them. I eventually found a press mention about Stoya parting ways with them and going it alone. I had thought about promoting it as an affiliate knowing about a sort of long tail that associates her with Sasha Grey, punk rock and the raunchy new feminism on the streets but now I think that group is largely missing Sasha and associating Stoya with James Deen. I really only know her from a Razordollls release and need to be reminded she wasn't at the release party where I made my personal Sasha Grey discovery.